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Show KING HAS SUPREME POWER But There Are Reasons Why British Monarch Does Not Exercise His Royal Prerogative. If the king did all he might do without with-out exceeding his royal prerogative the nation would be startled. lie can veto a bill passed in both houses; he can dissolve and summon parliament; he can select or dismiss his ministers; he can declare war; he can make treaties and create peers; he can appoint ap-point bishops, governors and judges -and all "on his own." He could cede the duchy of Cornwall to a foreign power, disband the army and navy, and sell the dreadnaughts and naval stores. He could give every government govern-ment official, from the highest to the lowest, the "push," could pardon all criminals, and could stop the whole machinery of government. But there is an unwritten law of common sense, fortified by long usage, which makes it unthinkable the the king should da the-e things; and in the last resort which is never likely to occur, the king, being a constitutional monarch, reigns by the will of the people, and could be deposed by act of parliament. Montreal Herald. |